02-07-2025
Spring Valley man sentenced to life in prison for murdering man in kitchen knife attack
SPRING VALLEY - A 30-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison this week for the stabbing murder of a man found lying in the street after leaving a bar in 2022.
A Rockland County Court jury convicted Oscar Garcia-Garcia of second-degree murder in March following a three-week-long trial before County Court Judge Kevin Russo.
Russo sentenced Garcia-Garcia to a prison term of 25 years to life on Wednesday, July 2.
A jury found the prosecution's evidence proved that Garcia-Garcia was responsible for the death of Luis Pinduisaca-Villa, 54, on Dec. 29, 2022, the Rockland District Attorney's Office said in a statement on Wednesday, July 2.
Prosecuted contended that Garcia-Garcia followed Pinduisaca-Villa after he left the bar at about 1 a.m. and stabbed him in the throat area with a large kitchen knife. A pedestrian found Pinduisaca-Villa's body lying in the middle of the road a short time after the stabbing.
A Spring Valley police investigation with the Sheriff's Office Bureau of Criminal Investigation collected blood evidence, articles of clothing and a large kitchen knife. The investigation led the police to interview Garcia-Garcia on Dec. 29, 2022, when he admitted to stabbing Pinduisacra-Villa.
No information on what led to the fatal stabbing has been released by the police or prosecutors.
The case was prosecuted by First Assistant District Attorney Kathleen Devlin and Executive Assistant District Attorney Michael Peterson. Attorney Jeffrey Schonbrun represented Garcia-Garcia.
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This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: Spring Valley man sentenced to life for murdering man in knife attack
